With about 40 different vendors, the Sunny South Dallas Food Park is ready for its first 2023 date, March 26 at Fair Park. Along with supporting Black and...
. It has since moved from a parking lot on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. to a space at Fair Park.
Abraham Bernal, a registered sanitarian supervisor with the city of Dallas, hosted an info session with Sunny South Dallas Food Park at the end of January. About 30 people participated in the info session asking questions about fee amounts and paperwork. Bernal said participants left feeling less frustrated about working with the city.
Annual permits have a $481 application fee, $562 for the plan review and a $185 permit fee, totaling $1,228 up front. Every year after, vendors are charged the $185 permit fee. Chunda “Sunshine” Owens, who started Forney-based food truck Sunshine Wings and Catfish in 2021, went to the info session and will be a vendor in the food park on March 26. Owens said a barrier to getting food permits in Dallas is the cost.
Food trucks or trailers that serve hot food, or raw meat, like chicken wings or burgers, would have different requirements and structures than one that serves cold food like frozen yogurt or Italian ice.“When things get tough, you might have to alter your plans a bit,” Bernal said. “Or things look great on paper, but then you submit your plan, something’s not up to code, or you run out of space on the unit and you got to cut some stuff off your menu.
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